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Year 8 English — Phrasal verbs

Work out what a verb plus a small word means together, and put the object in the right place.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which phrasal verb means "to postpone"?

    • a) put up
    • b) put down
    • c) put off
    • d) put on

  2. 2.Put the words in order to make one correct sentence.

    • pilot
    • will
    • take
    • six.
    • off
    • at
    • The

  3. 3.Match each phrasal verb to its meaning.

    • take off
    • hand in
    • come across
    • bring up
    • get over
    • leave the ground
    • give to a teacher
    • meet or find by chance
    • recover from
    • raise a child

  4. 4.Match each phrasal verb to its meaning.

    • give up
    • look after
    • put off
    • find out
    • call off
    • turn down
    • cancel
    • stop trying
    • discover
    • refuse
    • take care of
    • delay to a later time

  5. 5.Complete with one word: I could not remember what it meant, so I looked it ____ in the dictionary.

  6. 6.Complete the phrasal verb with one word: Do not ____ up — you are almost there.

  7. 7.The match was ____ because of the heavy rain.

    • a) called up
    • b) called on
    • c) called off
    • d) called in

  8. 8.A pronoun like "it" must go in the middle of a separable phrasal verb. Which sentence follows that rule?

    • a) Please off switch it.
    • b) Please switch it off.
    • c) Please switch off it.
    • d) Please switch off the it.

Answer key — Year 8 English — Phrasal verbs

  1. 1. c) put off
  2. 2. 1. The 2. pilot 3. will 4. take 5. off 6. at 7. six.
  3. 3. take off → leave the ground; hand in → give to a teacher; come across → meet or find by chance; bring up → raise a child; get over → recover from
  4. 4. give up → stop trying; look after → take care of; put off → delay to a later time; find out → discover; call off → cancel; turn down → refuse
  5. 5. up
  6. 6. give
  7. 7. c) called off
  8. 8. b) Please switch it off.